The Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic is gearing up to return for its 21st year, as it is known to feature the best softball teams in the country while taking place in Cathedral City, CA.
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Preseason All-American nods have been divvied out by both D1Softball and Softball America. As we head towards opening day, let's take a look at who experts believe will be at the top of their game in 2025.
Every team that made it to last season’s Women’s College World Series had been there before except one: Duke.
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Eight of the nations top 25 ranked college softball teams (as of Feb. 9) are set to clash in the annual Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic. Kicking off on Thursday, Feb. 20, over 30 teams will spend the weekend battling it out in almost 80 games at a high-stakes, early season tournament designed to prepare them for the long road to the NCAA Women's College World Series.
No. 1 Auburn men's basketball and No. 2 Duke MBB both remain on their streaks of being the best two teams, and the Tigers are still unanimously voted as the overall best team, although the Blue Devils own a win over them earlier in the season.
Feb 5
The most shocking result from last week was the formerly ranked No. 4 USC women's basketball team losing to Iowa on the day of Catlin Clark's jersey retirement ceremony.
Texas softball tops another preseason Top 25 poll, taking the No. 1 spot in the first ESPN.com/USA Softball poll of the 2025 campaign.
The Howard University softball team has proven in recent years that winning 30 games in not at all far-fetched, but a spot among the sport’s best requires success against the perennial powerhouses, too.
Feb 4
The Duke softball team is coming off its first appearance at the NCAA Women’s College World Series, having quickly risen to the top tier of collegiate softball.
Feb 3
The BYU softball team will spend the early part of the 2025 collegiate softball season traveling to locales warmer than its Provo, Utah, home, and that includes a stop at the famed Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic.
Feb 1
Since the Oklahoma Sooners made history last season by winning a fourth consecutive softball national championship, so much has changed in the world of collegiate sports.
Jan 31
The Duke softball team has only been around since the 2018 season, but the program hasn’t wasted any time rising to national prominence.
Jan 30
Jan 29
Are you tired of winter yet? Everyone in college softball is.
Jan 28
Since winter in Utah is no joke, the BYU softball team will play nearly half of its 51-game schedule on the road before ever clocking in at Gail Miller Field for a home game in Provo, Utah.
Jan 25